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Antonyms for good-by
ˌgʊdˈbaɪgood-by

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  1. good-by

    Good-by is the homely and hearty, farewell the formal English word at parting. Adieu, from the French, is still more ceremonious than farewell; congé, also from the French, is commonly contemptuous or supercilious, and equivalent to dismissal. Valediction is a learned word never in popular use. A valedictory is a public farewell to a company or assembly.

    Synonyms:
    adieu, congé, farewell, leave-taking, parting salutation, valediction, valedictory

    Preposition:
    I bade farewell to my comrades, or (without preposition) I bade my comrades farewell; I took a sad farewell of my friends.

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  1. adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so longnoun

    a farewell remark

    "they said their good-byes"

    Synonyms:
    au revoir, sayonara, pass, auf wiedersehen, arrivederci, adios, goodbye, good day, good-bye, goodby, adieu, so long, bye, bye-bye, cheerio

How to use good-by in a sentence?

  1. Kevin Smith:

    We want to make sure during this heightened awareness were going to do take what was meant for harm and make it good by providing the tools that help and empowering the rest of the churches across the nation to be ready.

  2. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia:

    Good by. Don't forget me.

  3. Martin Luther King Jr., The Christmas Sermon On Peace in on Dec 24, 1967:

    Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force... If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war.

  4. Pindar:

    Very distasteful is excessive fame To the sour palate of the envious mind, Who hears with grief his neighbours good by name, And hates the fortune that he ne?er shall find.

  5. Jason Kenney:

    It takes a bit to see the upside from these results. But the upstream news is very positive and the group is certainly changing for good by offloading Saipem.

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